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National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2013

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National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012

Type

Government

Originating house

House of Representatives

Status

Act

Portfolio

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Summary

Establishes a framework for the National Disability Insurance Scheme by: setting out the objects and principles of the scheme, including people with disability being given choice and control over the care and support they receive, and giving effect to certain obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; providing for the establishment and functions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency, including implementing the scheme from July 2013; and providing for a review of the operation of the Act after a two-year period.

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